A lawsuit suggests that 300,000 people have been exposed to carbon monoxide, lead, and particulate matter around Sea-Tac airport.
that the Port of Seattle, which owns Sea-Tac Airport, has known about the pollutants for years and has done nothing to stop it.The suit suggests that 300,000 people, including more than 60,000 children, have been exposed to carbon monoxide, lead, and particulate matter in what attorneys are calling the “Contamination Zone” around Sea-Tac Airport.
Residents in this area are more likely to be immigrants than residents of surrounding areas, according to the lawsuit. The majority are Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. More than 30% of Zone residents have total household incomes under 200% of the federal poverty level. The complaint alleges that it’s unlikely residents would have allowed pollution to continue if the neighborhoods surrounding the airport were more affluent.
Attorneys say that residents can see the pollution and that one SeaTac resident reports a “soot-like layer of black dust” perpetually blankets her property, accumulating on her car and house.
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